Maryland · Nonprofit
PASS IT ON INC
PASS IT ON INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,630 to it, the largest being WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $610k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $206k
- Net assets
- $29k
What Pass It on Inc does
Mission
Pass it on is a non-profit organization whose mission is to close the technology skills gap experienced by youth and adults in disadvantaged and under-represented communities and backgrounds.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Workforce development: people seeking entry into the tech industry and technologies to keep up with the latest trends. Completing focused formal training can help those who wish to advance or move into a new area of technology. Our training courses are designed to move you ahead to the next level, regardless of your starting point.- it foundations: courses designed for it newcomers to build foundational skills.- advanced it concepts: courses designed for experienced users to move them to the "professional" level.- it certification prep: in-depth training bootcamps to help you prepare for and pass industry certifications on an accelerated timeline.
$219,428 spent$225,640 earned by the program60% of program spendingYouth technical training: youth courses are designed to give kids a firm grasp of computer technology and its use in academic and real-world scenarios. Students leave the training with a deeper understanding of the technology they interact with on a daily basis. They will also gain expertise that helps them excel in the classrom and opens doors to internships and employment opportunities.ste(a)m training: courses designed to introduce science, technology, engineering, and math concepts while incorporating the arts. Youth digital literacy: course designed to build foundation computer and ai literacy skills for k-12 students.
$73,143 spent$77,068 earned by the program20% of program spendingEmpowerment fellowship program: provides aspiring technologist with the opportunity to receive no-cost instruction in information technology. Those selected for the program for the fellowship will complete a rigorous, 40-week training program focused on developing them from novice practitioners to it pros. Fellows gain knowledge and certifications in it fundamentals, computer networking, cloud, cybersecurity, and systems administration.
$73,143 spent$45,816 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $365,714.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $9k to $53k (+505%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of PASS IT ON INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dr Willie Sanders Jr
Executive director
Board chair
James Valero
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $22k → $50k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of PASS IT ON INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
PASS IT ON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PASS IT ON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of PASS IT ON INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
PASS IT ON INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding PASS IT ON INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $756k on record.
- Grant$756k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PASS IT ON INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PASS IT ON INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PASS IT ON INC?
- PASS IT ON INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,630 to it, the largest being WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PASS IT ON INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $205,630 in grants to PASS IT ON INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PASS IT ON INC?
- WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PASS IT ON INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing